Let me introduce myself. Sometimes known as 2Ton, I can truly claim the honor of being a Gearhead. What makes a person a Gearhead? It’s hard to define, but an addiction to cars and machinery is a good place to start. I admit, I’m addicted. My drug of choice is building badass cars with cool machinery.
There, I said it…I’m addicted…and…I don’t want to be cured.
So, how do you know if you are a Gearhead? What are the signs of addiction? The following is a partial list of warning signs that you are a Gearhead. They aren’t in any particular order because they are all equally important.
THE WARNING SIGNS OF GEARHEAD
1)You mess around with your car all the time. Modify this, add that.
2)It’s a cold and cloudy day, the ground is muddy and you are laying under a car in a wrecking yard.
3)You have bought and sold parts at swap meets.
4)You have an oxy-acetylene torch in the garage. Fire and steel…That’s primal.
5)You wake up on a creeper.
6)There’s more than one engine for your car. The one that’s in it and the one being built.
7)It’s so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk. You’re dripping sweat at a racetrack.
8)Not only do you watch the races, you’re junks been on a racetrack.
9)You plan vacations around races and car shows.
10)There’s at least one model car in your living room.
11)There are car parts hanging on the garage wall.
12)You collect parts for your dream car…Even though you don’t own it yet.
13)You’ve cut the crap outta yourself, covered it with electrical tape, and kept working.
14)Up at midnight? Must be getting ready for tomorrows race.
15)Speaking of racetracks, you can eat their food and not spew.
16)You work on all your buddies cars…For beer.
17)You don’t think twice about spending serious coin on a tool, even if it means you eat cheap this week.
18)You like the smell of an old engine being torn down, burnt tranny fluid, and gear oil.
19)You’ve kept food warm on an engine.
20)A buddy needs a part. You have a spare on a shelf in the garage.
So there you go, a partial list of the signs of Gearhead. In future entries I’ll go into more detail on ‘em all.
(wanna add a Gearhead sign? get on it, if I like it, it stays)
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